What to do with postmodernism...

The Bible says that we should live in the world, but that we should not be of the world. I really do not think that postmodernism is a threat. It is just as bad as postmodernism and just as good. There is no reason we should be worried about it. It as problems, such as moral relatavism and anarchy, however modernism had problems like the fact that it believes science is perfect. There have been different views on life over the years and there is no reason for us to get all worked up now. We should figure out how to use postmodernism to convert others to Christianity.

Horatio's Words, Disapprovings or No.

It sounds more like Horatio is in awe of what Hamlet has done. He is impressed that Hamlet was able to escape from pirates and trick England into killing his captors. In line forty, he says that his writing a note was good, however, this is before Hamlet tells him what was in the note. The picture I visualize is him nodding his head with wide open eyes. His short responses could either mean he wants Hamlet to keep talking, or it could mean that he is not impressed and is disappointed in him.

Don't be an Ant

On homecoming night I ended up having multiple conversations with Aussies. I learned some from Sam. We talked about where he lived in Australia and about some of the cities there. He told me about how he liked San Francisco but that he liked the people in Seattle. He said that he could live here. I also talked to Kaitlyn. It was interesting that they tried to say the different names for grades, such as sophmore and senior. I hadn't thought about the fact that they don't say those in Australia. This was different from my normal routine because I have never talked to an Aussie before.

Echoes

Echoes usually happen when you are at a place that is proportioned massively, such as a huge hall or a mountain range. However, this was not always the case in the movie. I think that the echoes represented the nothingness of them. Nobody listened to the two of them and so the only response they recieved was their own words shot back at them. The two men were nothing and did not deserve anyone's care.

Polonius tells Reynaldo to spy on Laertes and bait his friends by dissing Laertes' character. We never find out what happened to Reynaldo and it is never discussed again, probably because of Polonius' untimely death.
Later on, Polonius tries to bait Hamlet by sending his daughter, Ophelia, out into the open to see if Hamlet truly loves her. Hamlet answers that bate with the reply that he has never loved her and that she is a whore. However, other scenes and actions done by Hamlet seem to show that he does, actually love her.
The biggest bait of them all is probably when Hamlet tries to catch a guilty reply by Claudius during the play he made up. Hamlet reenacts the murder scene and it does strike Claudius' conscience. Claudius wails for light and quickly shuffles away.
Laertes later baits Hamlet by challenging him to a fencing match. This ends in everyone dying and ends the book.

Modernist Shakespeare

I do not think Shakespeare was a modernist or a postmodernist. Those movements had not even come around yet. I think he was a dark romanticist. Although that movement wasn't really around, that is what he was. Hamlet is a hero whose dark qualities lead him to depression and murder. The protaganist is not some perfect man who does everything right. Instead, he does everything wrong including loving his mom, accidentally killing Polonius, and insulting everyone. The play, Hamlet, is built off of ideas such as revenge and adultery.

My Answer:

Why is Hamlet so eager to kill, when he does not even know the person behind the tapestry?

Hamlet is so overcome by his hatred for Claudius that he is starting to make rash and irrational decisions. Hamlet hopes that the squealer is the king so he can finally extract his revenge upon him. He passed up killing him before, since he was praying. Now he can kill Claudius inside the room, hiding like a coward. Also, why would any other person be in his mom's room at that time? Logically, although he is low on logic, he would think that it is the ear-poisoning coward hiding behind the tapestry.